By the Seashore

Many of you know that I come from the East coast and visit Cape Cod twice a year.  I think that's why this stamp set, By the Tide (w: #131910, $27.95; c: #129120, $19.95) is near and dear to my heart.  I love the seashore feel of the coral, shells and seahorse. 
Coincidentally, while surfing the web last week, I came across a tutorial for making your own molds for the Simply Pressed Clay, and discovered a way to create shell molds.  Wow!  I started dreaming about a sea-inspired card...and look what happened--

I embossed the coral using White embossing powder on Marina Mist cardstock, which I then sponged with Marina Mist ink.   Gorgeous Grunge was stamped on a small piece of Crumb Cake and torn to resemble the sandy bottom of the ocean.  The fish was stamped in Smoky Slate and fussy-cut, popped up on Dimensionals.  The greeting from A Dozen Thoughts was also embossed in white...but it still needed something...Shells! 

So I made a few shells from a hand-made mold, and voila!  A sea-scape.  Like it?  Please let me know.

Stamps:  By the Tide; A Dozen Thoughts (w: #131056, $26.95; c: #131059, $18.95)
Inks:  Marina Mist (126962, $5.95) , Crumb Cake (#126975, $5.95), Versamark (#102283, $7.50)
Paper:  Smoky Slate (#131202, $6.95), Basic Gray (#121044 ($6.95), Marina Mist, (#119682, $6.95), Crumb Cake (#120953, $6.95)
Goodies:  White Embossing Powder (#109132, $4.75), Heat Tool (#129053, $29.95), Dimensionals (#104430, $3.95), Mini Glue Dots (#10383, $4.95), Simply Pressed Clay (#130685, $6.95)

Take a little vacation, and dream about the sea...
And let's get creating!